Handle.



B. MARKOWITZ.

HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16, 1911.

Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

OFFICE.

BENJAMIN MAJRKOWITZ, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN STEELFRAME @c BAND IRON COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEWYORK.

HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. i5, 1911.

Application led March 16, 1911. Serial No. 614,829.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN Mennowrrz, a citizen of the Unit-ed States,residing in the borough of the Bronx; in the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles,of which the following is a full, clear, and cemplete disclosure.

My invention relates to handles which are usually composed of a metalliccore or frame covered with-leather or other similar elas= tic materialand adapted to be attached to a bagv or suitcase by means of suitablerings riveted to the frame' of the bag or suitcase.

Heretofore in the manufacture of cores rr frames for handles, it hasbeen customary to use a piece of wire, the ends of which have' beenenlarged by casting or molding on the ends thereof knobs of metal, suchas lead, and which have holes passing therethrough to receive the ringson the frame of the bag.

The object of my 'invention is to substi tute for this construction, amore simple and stronger4 arrangement of the Wire, which will not onlycheapen the cost of manufacture, but provide a more durable andeffective article.

For a detailed description of several forms of my invention, which I atpresent deem preferable, reference may be had to the followingspecification and lto the accompanying drawing, in which;

Figure l is aside elevation of a handle showing in dotted lines myimproved core or frame therein. Fig. 2 is an end View of the wireillustrated in Fig. 1, separated from the covering of the handle. Fig. 3is a view taken at right angles to that of Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 areplan views of modified forms.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates the frameor wire baseof the handle which terminates at each end in helical -coils 2 whichlare formed on said wire during` the process of manufacture. Said coils2 are preferably connected with the straight portion 1 of the wire bymeans of an anguiar bend 3, so that the axial line of the /main portionof the wire will pass through the center portion of the coilatsubstantially right angles to the axis thereof.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the end. of the coil instead .ofterminating with the last convolution, is continued and bent back at anlangle, as indicated at 4, its end being provided with a hook 5 which isbent about the end or shank of th handle where the angular portion 3extends laterally. This construction makes a coil somewhat more rigid,and prevents the same from twisting.

In Fig. 5 the modification is similar to that of Figs. 1, 2 and 3, withthe exception that the helix formed on. the end lof the wire is enlargedat its outer ends, as indicated 4at. 6, so as to conform more closelywith the shape of the rings 7 by which'the4 handle is attached to thebag or suitcase.

I-Iaving described these forms of my-invention, what I claim and desireto protect by Letters Patent is:

l. In a handle, a core composed of a single wire and having 'transversehelices' formed on the ends thereof, the lateral ends of said helicesbeing situated symmetrically on each side of the axis of said core.

2. In a handle, a core composed of a sin gle wire having transversehelices formed integrally on the ends thereof, said wire being bentlaterally and connected with one end of each of said coils, so that theaxis of the core passes transversely through the helices midway theirends.

3. In a handle, a core composed of a single wire having transversehelices formed onthe ends thereof and situated symmetrically on eachside of the axis of said core, the ends of said helices being bentlaterally thereof and fixed to the main shank of said core.

4. In a handle, a metallic core, a fibrous covering completely inclosingthe same, said core comprising transverse wire helices l0- cated withinsaid covering at its ends, and a central wire rigidly connecting saidhelices at points intermediate their ends.

Signed at the city, county and State ofl New York, this 14th day ofMarch, 1911,

, BENJAMIN. MARKOWITZ. Witnesses:

JOHN D. CARBERRY, Enw. W. VAILL, J 1'.

